Jane Austen quotes - page 14

We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us. (Jane Austen)
It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short. View quote
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That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue. View quote
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Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth. View quote
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I love you. Most ardently. View quote
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Brandon is just the kind of man whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to. View quote
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Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness-if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders. View quote
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But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward. View quote
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Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations.” -Elizabeth Bennet. View quote
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We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing. View quote
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I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness. (Jane Austen)
It was absolutely necessary to interrupt him now. View quote
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At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. View quote
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If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard? View quote
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A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again. View quote
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I should infinitely prefer a book... View quote
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It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley. View quote
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...but then I am unlike other people I dare say. View quote
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The less said the better. View quote
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A young woman in love always looks like Patience on a monument Smiling at Grief. View quote
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My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire. (Jane Austen)
She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy. View quote
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And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner. View quote
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Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself. View quote
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I am all astonishment. View quote
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